I keep getting retroactive post stuff that I had done. (And I'm going to get interesting post, a touch bancame)

In this case a little movie and tutorial I did a year and a half into the game Battlefield 2, was experiencing as a film and left it that left me quite conform:

Mini tutorial on how to do:

Software Requirements: BF2, Fraps, any video editor (Windows Movie Maker, Premiere, other).
Downloads: FRAPS (pass www.atfix.com ), a demo test

Fraps
In the beginning was designed to display the fps of the games made in directX, but over time evolved and now allows you to take screenshots (in a much more efficient than one that includes the game), show FPS in the G15 Keyboard LCD, video recording and some other things.

This software records exactly what you see on the monitor, and saves it in a file with its own codec (if you pass the video to another machine and have not installed the fraps will not be able to see) this format is to have raw higher quality, which means an awful hard disk usage, example: 1 minute at 1024 x 768 equivalent to a gig!

This is the panel of configuration of recording video:

Which specifies the maximum fps (the game's low that you specify here, recommended 30, if you're over 60 as normal, when you start to notice that the record was lowered to 30), half-size (half the size application, if 800 × 600, will be 400 × 300, if the goal is the site is acceptable, and if you want all the details to use full-size obviously have intoaccount the cost of the disk.
It also has the option not to show the cursor and allow synchronization between video with sound, obviously not recommended, eye, COD2 I step on the sound synch not only for more than this box is checked.

Demo
Since the game is single player server or demos can be recorded on individual files or the dedicated server this parameter is enabled, it records the whole game in one file and is downloadable from the game menu (community-recording of battles).

The demos are usually files that are light and video, if not coordinate and heading data, and this can be viewed from any angle, line, either open or behind a player.

Two major cons:

1. The movements of "camera" are rude and there is no way to soften them in real time.
2. You can not "rewind "!!!, if you spent, you have to start again.

To record a demo / sequence: Open the console (~), then write "demo.recordDemo filename", when you want to finish recording, again in the console type "demo.stopRecording" This creates two files and save them in " Battlefield 2 \ mods \ BF2 \ Demos \ filename .* "copy these two files to" My Documents \ Battlefield 2 \ Profiles \ Default \ Demos \ ", then from the main menu BF2" community-Recording of battles "in the right panel select "filename" and press the "play file", after loading the map you can see the game in action.

With the mouse is pointed view and the keys W, A, S, D moves in parallel to the screen, Ctrl down to the floor, Z rises, tight and Shift keys mentioned some of the slower moving, less abrupt.

More buttons:
1 = Pause / play
2 = real-time playback with sound
Playing 3 = 5%
Playing 4 = 25%
Playing 5 = 50%
6 = real-time playback sound SIN
7 = 150% playback
8 = 300% playback

And if not: the Q key opens a rosette of Gears:

Restart: Restarts the demo, without cluttering the map.

With the T key, open this rosette:

In the case of a player you want to keep pressing "space" repeatedly until you find the player you want, the camera remains fixed on the player and the mouse turns around it, pressing the right mouse button, it " off "of the player (camera not included).

Well, now, using fraps while we move around the map can capture (default F12) and make a video with the captured, do not forget what he weighs each video, an interesting recommendation especially if the goal of the video is uploaded to a site, you burn as much detail as possible, but with low resolution, eg 800 × 600, which weighs much less (Or create a shortcut and put the following parameters: + 800 + szy SZX 600, not to alter the profile) .
This was a method, another is making another file saved in the camera movements (unchangeable course) but not the times, so for my case, I served.
More facts about this method: http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com ... l & id = 78 & game = 3
The good thing is that it has an option (+ r) to save video directly to AVI.

Post-production
We have the videos, came when the post-production:
I use Premier, but not bad on MS Windows Media Maker (which comes with Windows XP) to do something simple. Obviously this is not going to explain as there are books and lots of info on inet, but play with the controls and was surprised at the results.

If you want to try using the demo file that I put at the beginning, remember, put it in "My Documents \ Battlefield 2 \ Profiles \ Default \ Demos \" unpacked clear

TIP1: What can be done to smooth the movement is in slow motion recording and pressing the shift key, then in post production, accelerate

TIP2: To get the data (hud) shown above left, into the console: renderer.drawHud 0, to see again put a

TIP3: Not like the theme of the tag, which I did and it worked, it was from that position or restart the map, do not press "space" (or rosette T)

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Two things that happened then:

1) A monkey in the same community , without knowing and not knowing, post a post saying "Excellent video ..."
2) They used the video a website with a gallery of videos of the game (third).

Links:

Right after I publish the video: NetPlay and cerolag
This tutorial: NetPlay and cerolag

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